Matthew 7:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

For

General references

Deuteronomy 2:6

Matthew 22:40

Luke 6:31

Bible References

For

The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.

Learn to do good;

Seek justice,

Reprove the ruthless,

Defend the orphan,

Plead for the widow.

For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor,

if a man does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,

Seek good and not evil, that you may live;
And thus may the Lord God of hosts be with you,

Just as you have said!

He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justice, to love kindness,
And to walk

humbly with your God?

Are not these the words which the Lord

proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and

prosperous along with its cities around it, and the

Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”

These are the things which you should do: speak the truth to one another; judge with truth and judgment for peace in your gates.

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the

alien and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts.

Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord;

Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

But the goal of our

instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.

General references

You shall buy food from them with money so that you may eat, and you shall also purchase water from them with money so that you may drink.

On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”

Treat others the same way you want them to treat you.